Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Suckling is a physical feature (cape) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Cape Suckling |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on Gulf of Alaska, 6 mi. SE of Controller Bay and 75 mi. SE of Cordova, Malaspina Coastal Plain |
| History: | "Named by Captain Cook (1785, v.2, p.349), Royal Navy (RN), May 10, 1778, for Maurice Suckling, Comptroller of the Royal Navy when Cook left England. Malaspina's manuscript chart of 1791 shows Cabo Chupador meaning ""sucking"" or ""suckling."" The name Cabo de San Elias appears on Camacho's chart showing results of the Don Ignacio Arteaga expedition in 1779 with Francisco Antonio Maurelle as pilot (Wagner, 1937, p.498)." |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.9897232056 |
| Longitude: | -143.883331299 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Suckling: Cape Suckling.
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